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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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Wounded Man on 'Plane Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 5

Leaving Alice Springs at 6 a.m. yesterday, a 'plane is bringing Mr. Trevor B. Kilvington, the victim of a shooting accident 120 miles from…

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War Clouds Economic Effects

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 2

The economic effects of war would probably be beneficial to Australia, as the demand for primary commodities would be stimulated. If Italy attacks…

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If War Comes May Last Tour Years Problems Confronting Italians

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 3

Should Italy decide to embark on the conquest of Abyssinia the war may last four years (says the London special correspondent of the…

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Marconi Busy New Short Wave Ray Possible Use in War Rome

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 1

Marconi in a talk with a journalist at Santa Margherita to-day admitted that he was engaged on the final stages of an experiment with a…

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Papal Plea to Settle Question Without Bloodshed Efforts to Avoid War Vatican City

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 1

The Pope directly alluded to the Itaic-Abyssinian crisis to-day when addressing a pilgrimage of international nurses. He invoked…

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Returned Soldiers’ Farewell to Rev. W. G. BRADLEY

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 5

On Friday night last at the Shire Hall a large and representative gathering of Returned Soldiers assembled to any farewell to the Rev. W. G…

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Will Australia Go to War?

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1935 · page 2

The report that the Federal Cabinet has forwarded to the High Commissioner in London (Mr. S. M. Bruce) a cable promising "100 per cent. Australian support" to the British policy concerning the Italo-Abyssinian dispute has certainly removed any doubts as to Australia's official attitude…

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Italian Statement Not a War on Non-combatants London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 2

The British United Press Paris correspondent says that General Valle, the Italian Air Under Secretary, tells "Le Journal" that 300 of the most…

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Railwaymen Confer One Big Union Idea How to Avoid War Orange

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 1

Speaking at the annual conference of the Australian Railways Union, which opened to-day, the State president (Mr. E. A. Baker) said that all railway…

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Next War's Toll Casualties Will Be Fewer, Says Colonel Ellis Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 2

Colonel Ellis, surgeon-in-chief of St. John, Ambulance, who is among the doctors on the Aorangi bound for the B.M.A. meeting in Melbourne…

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Italy's Defiance League Must Face War Issue Labor Leader's Declaration London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 2

At the Trades Union Congress at Margate, representing 3,000,000 workers, the president (Mr. W. Kean) bitterly attacked Signor Mussolini's…

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War at Once? Startling Report Due to Silence of Rome London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 1

A startling report was received last night that Signer Mussolini may declare war on Abyssinia without delay. There is, however, not the slightest…

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Opposed to War Young Returned Soldiers Petition the Government

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 7

Claiming that the people of Australia and the world, were waiting for guidance on an expression of opinion by the returned soldiers on…

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ORANGE A.R.U. Against War Orange

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 4

The annual conference of the A.R.U. at Orange, caried a resolution vigorously reaffirming its allegiance to the national movement against…

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War Close? Italy’s Bitter attack LONDON

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 4

The special correspondent at Geneva says that fulfilling a determination to become the plaintiff instead of the defendant,…

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Lang’s Statement on War Australian Battleship a Decoy Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 4

Addressing a large meeting in opposition to war at the Australian Hall, Sydney, last night, Mr. J. T. Lang said that the Labor…

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Opposed to War. Young Returned Soldiers Petition the Government

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 4

Claiming that the people of An - tralia and The world, were waiting for guidance on an expression of opinion by the burned Soldiers on…

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Troop Movements Untrained and Unequipped Ethiopians Royal War Caravan London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 2

Sir Percival Phillips, cabling the "Telegraph" from Addis Ababa, says: "The rains continue, and the country over which the Italians most advance…

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Anti-war Movement A.C.T.U. Plane Uniform Policy Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 2

In an an attempt to secure the adoption of a uniform anti-war policy by the Labor movement throughout Australia, a special meeting of the Australian…

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The War Tension

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 2

The tension with regard to the Italo-Abyssinian situation has eased pending parleys with a view to getting the two nations into a…

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